“Commission Co-Chair William K. Reilly said of the Commission’s findings, ‘My observation of the oil industry indicates that there are several companies with exemplary safety and environment records. So a key question posed from the outset by this tragedy is, do we have a single company, BP, that blundered with fatal consequences, or a more pervasive problem of a complacent industry? Given the documented failings of both Transocean and Halliburton, both of which serve the off shore industry in virtually every ocean, I reluctantly conclude we have a system-wide problem.’”

Several news organizations commented on quote that implied that the accident could have happened to any company drilling for oil in deep water. Here’s a few of them: